Comments on: How Many “Copies” Does One Disc Hold? http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/10/how_many_copies_does_one_disc_hold.html Musings of a techie lawyer Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Pritam Shetty http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/10/how_many_copies_does_one_disc_hold.html#comment-346 Pritam Shetty Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:59:39 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=256#comment-346 Some more: The music companies are still used to shipping boxes of CD's and DVD's. I call it the Walmart syndrome. They feel happiest when they see boxes of their stuff going across the country in big trucks. Digital means of content delivery is still confusing and scary to them. All the lawsuits against Napster and others are the result of what they learnt in B school probably - When in doubt shout the loudest and everyone thinks you know what you're saying. They ought to speak to their kids more often. Perhaps then, they wont be so yesterday. Some more: The music companies are still used to shipping boxes of CD’s and DVD’s. I call it the Walmart syndrome. They feel happiest when they see boxes of their stuff going across the country in big trucks.

Digital means of content delivery is still confusing and scary to them. All the lawsuits against Napster and others are the result of what they learnt in B school probably - When in doubt shout the loudest and everyone thinks you know what you’re saying.

They ought to speak to their kids more often. Perhaps then, they wont be so yesterday.

]]> By: Pritam Shetty http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/10/how_many_copies_does_one_disc_hold.html#comment-345 Pritam Shetty Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:52:18 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=256#comment-345 The music companies should set a limit on how much money they'll make. Say $X. After that anyone should be able to copy, steal & broadcast freely. It puts the onus on the musician to come up with more stuff instead of being the one hit or one album wonder that 99% of them are. The record companies are run by old foggies who need to feel a music CD physically and have no idea of the possibilities of technology. Once the old timers are replaced say in the next 5-10 years by the next generation there will be an automatic acceptance of file sharing and peer to peer transfer. The music companies should set a limit on how much money they’ll make. Say $X. After that anyone should be able to copy, steal & broadcast freely.

It puts the onus on the musician to come up with more stuff instead of being the one hit or one album wonder that 99% of them are.

The record companies are run by old foggies who need to feel a music CD physically and have no idea of the possibilities of technology. Once the old timers are replaced say in the next 5-10 years by the next generation there will be an automatic acceptance of file sharing and peer to peer transfer.

]]> By: Sean http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/10/how_many_copies_does_one_disc_hold.html#comment-344 Sean Mon, 13 Jun 2005 02:46:51 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=256#comment-344 Interesting point there Wendy. And radio broadcasters can't stream their music over the internet without paying for a second license. Sorry RIAA and record company execs, you can't have it both ways. Interesting point there Wendy. And radio broadcasters can’t stream their music over the internet without paying for a second license. Sorry RIAA and record company execs, you can’t have it both ways.

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